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International Literature Festival Dublin Getting Published Conference 28th May
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The Getting Published Conference, brings experts from the world of publishing to Dublin for one day on May 28th. Getting Published will demystify the business of publishing, explaining how it all works from contract to bookshelf. Find out what needs to be included in your submission package to publishers or agents and who to approach. New for this year’s conference, Getting Published will feature a panel discussion with Story Consultant and Script Writer Eilish Kent and Script Editor of TV3’s Red Rock Kieran Grimes, offering advice to those looking to break into the world of television writing.
On the day the 75 preselected writers will have the chance to meet privately with an agent to pitch their work and receive valued professional feedback and advice, as well as participate in the conference – these writers submitted work earlier in the year. Agents include Simon Trewin, partner at WME London, and Polly Nolan from The Greenhouse Literary Agency. Simon has worked with authors who have been shortlisted for, or won the Man Booker, Costa Book of the Year and The Irish Book of the Year. Polly has worked with a diverse range of acclaimed authors including Roddy Doyle, Liz Pichon, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Elizabeth Laird, Kevin Brooks and Andrew Lane.
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Those attending the Getting Published conference will have the chance to enjoy:
- A panel discussion with all five agents, chaired by Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, who will provide valuable insights into what it takes to make it in the world of publishing, and what kind of writers and works they believe the market is looking for right now. The five agents are:
Simon Trewin, Partner at WME London,
Sallyanne Sweeney, Mulcahy Associates,
Polly Nolan, The Greenhouse Literary Agency,
James Wills of Watson, Little Literary Agency,
Faith O’Grady, Lisa Richards Agency
- ‘Successful Submissions’ – Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin of The Inkwell Group hosts a seminar explaining what to include, what to leave out and how to best get noticed when submitting your manuscript to a publisher.
- ‘Inside Editing’ sees three editors discuss the process, what editing actually is, how it works and how it can make your manuscript sing. Featuring Patricia Deevy, Editorial Director of Penguin Ireland whose author include Sinead Moriarty, Paul Howard/Ross O’Carroll Kelly and Liz Nugent; Alison Walsh, publisher, literary journalist and author of popular memoir ‘In My Mother’s Shoes’; and Sarah Liddy of Gill & Macmillan who has over 15 years’ experience in publishing.
- ‘All About Screen’ will see freelance Story Consultant and Script Writer Eilish Kent and Script Editor of TV3’s Red Rock Kieran Grimes offer advice on the best ways to get a story concept into TV and film. Eilish has 15 years’ experience commissioning, developing and script editing TV drama, having worked on international co-productions for RTE and BBC. In addition to Red Rock Kieran has also worked on RTE’s The Clinic which helped to make a star of actress Amy Huberman and Irish soap opera stalwart, Fair City.
- Closing off the day ‘Finding The Path To Success’ will feature three published authors, Hazel Gaynor, Dave Rudden and Alana Kirk chatting about their very different routes to literary success and how they achieved it. Hazel is the international bestselling author of ‘The Girl Who Came Home’, for which she received the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award; former actor and English teacher Dave Rudden’s trilogy ‘Knights of the Borrowed Dark’ was snapped up by Puffin in a six-figure deal; Alana Kirk was offered a book deal based on her blog The Sandwich Years, detailing her experiences caring for young children and elderly parents after she made a fiction submission to Hachette Ireland.
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